In this context, “eligible” and “qualified” mean the same thing, especially since the Constitution, the one document that matters in this discussion, doesn’t lay anything out about what makes anyone qualified to be president. Put simply, anyone walking off the street who is over 35 and an American citizen is qualified…

No. I’m not a huge fan of Hillary, but Gary Johnson is not even close to being qualified at all

Not just the NFL. Sports commentators and sports-talk jocks also think this. Because, in their mind, Newton has it coming for running on every down instead of simply taking the sack like every other quarterback.

This is true. The concussion protocols weren’t designed for player safety. They were crafted to insulate the NFL from legal liability and public fallout, the latter of which being limited because most people think that football players should know by now that playing this sport is asking for traumatic brain injury.

Oh, yes it does. Shareholders don’t get anything if the creditors aren’t kept happy. Try running operations without a credit line or making an acquisition without debt (the latter not being smart to do at all). A smart executive always knows how things play out in bankruptcy, and acts accordingly.

It’s not just at the Times. Every old-school media outlet not owned by Gannett or Tribune is a den of nepotism. At Forbes, for example, Malcolm Senior ensured the lifetime employment of numerous people (including family) in his will; Steve and his brothers couldn’t fire them even if that was their desire. As a result,…

Not just shareholders. A company’s first duties is to its creditors under law; secured and unsecured creditors get first dibs on what’s left of a busted firm, followed by preferred shareholders and then common shareholders (who are the owners, and therefore, are liable for the company going out of business in the…

The problem is that corporate executives can pretend to do all it can to “maximize shareholder value” and still do what they want because, outside of considering acquisition offers, there is no objective or even legal definition of maximizing shareholder value. As with so many things, it gets defined according to the…

It is publicly-traded. The Sulzberger Family, however, controls a significant percentage of the voting stock, so it is in a typical media giant kind of netherworld where the barons appoint their children to run the businesses into the ground while the remaining shareholders can do little to bring accountability. See:…

The lasting longer than three hours issue can be solved with fewer ads; most of the stoppage in play is due to that; it’s not as if the NFL can’t charge more money  for fewer ads.

That’s an argument you’ll make until your team gets screwed. So I will give it no more credence than I would give my son’s talk about wanting hamburgers for dinner tonight.

Would’ve had a better time — and learned anatomy, too.

Both. Belichick is clearly a genius. But as with Casey Stengal during his days with the Yankees, he also has the benefit of a league where mediocrity and failure is the norm.

The family and I just go to church, skipping out on almost all of that noise, and I can always turn on Law & Order: SVU in the last hour before game time. Less dumb chatter, more interesting day.

It’s not just the Packers’ O-line that’s hurting Rodgers this year. The lack of depth throughout the offense is a problem. Jordy Nelson isn’t playing like Jordy Nelson of 2014, which doesn’t help. Randall Cobb sucks. Eddie Lacy does great when he isn’t hurt or obese; while Lacy has kept the weight off this year, he’s…

There’s some truth to this. VW is barely existing in the United States, where SUVs and CUVs are the thing, and is big in Europe, where smaller vehicles are the thing. The idea that autonomous vehicles will lead to smaller cars plays to its strengths, and away from its weaknesses. The problem is that VW is assuming…

Not if your preference is for a more-streamlined design that doesn’t remind you of your dad’s van, which is why most people (especially women) buy SUVs in the first place. People make choices based on what they desire. So no, the OP didn’t buy the wrong vehicle.

Exactly. Additionally, the idea that autonomous vehicles will end the need for SUVs assumes that every other aspect of life will be automated enough to not need human power. Sure, you can send an autonomous car to Walmart, but you will still have to go into the store, pick out the items, then load them into the car.…

Pretty much true. This can also be said for Georgia, Michigan, and Maryland drivers.

I would disagree. Outside of the Cowboys, the rest of the division has been absolutely inconsistent. All of the teams are also quite beatable. If Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Baltimore (two of which went to the playoffs last year, and the third just a few years removed from a Super Bowl win) are struggling against the…